It is currently the 23rd of December meaning it is our last working day of the year. It's a Friday and from Monday our winter holidays are starting and I am over the moon about it. Christmas might just be my favorite time of the year. I can't wait to go back home to Charlotte and spend a couple of days with my dad and my brother. My brother recently got a girlfriend, from what I've heard she's the nicest person ever so I'm so excited to finally meet her! As much as I love living in New York at times I get frustrated and sad because I don't get to see my family as much as I would want to so I always end up feeling left out because I'm not always there for the small and sometimes big things happening in their lives.
I knock on Nayel's door and step inside once I hear a come in. Nayel had recently gotten a haircut, his hair was short and trimmed from the sides and slightly longer in the front but none of it was covering his forehead anymore. It suited him, he looked really hands
I run my fingers through the curls, setting them to make them look loose and flowy. It took me over an hour to curl my hair. I was wearing a golden A-Line Halter neck, floor-length maxi dress with ruffle beading. I decided to keep my makeup to a minimum meaning just lipstick, concealer, mascara, and blush as I wasn't feeling like doing a whole eye look, I did put on a little eyeliner thought. I put on a pair of golden earrings and flats because I can't with heels in this dress. I fix my lipstick in the mirror as I hear the bell ringing meaning people are arriving for my New Year's Eve Party.I open the door and the first people to arrive are none other than my best friend Heidi and her husband Kevin."You look gorgeous as always" Heidi smiles embracing me in a hug."Says you!" I admire her emerald green knee-length silk dress, which went so well with her short blonde hair."What about me?" Kevin furrows his eyebrows. Heidi and I roll our eyes as I g
"You look great Maria, it's the perfect combination of elegant and hot!" Willow tries to cheer me up as she was looking me up and down in the mirror standing behind me."Willow hot is not really the look I go for when I'm dressing up for work" I whine looking at myself."It's nothing too scandalous, I promise you. It's just slightly out of Maria's comfort zone but you still look professional" Willow smiles at me squeezing my arm, "I can already picture your boss dropping his jaw when he sees you in this" Willow smirks.I shake my head, my cheeks heating up, "Stop it" I mumble trying to hide my smile.Today is the first day back to work after the holidays and last night was Willow's birthday so I spent the night at her place. Now the problem being, we woke up late and I need to leave for work in less than 10 minutes so I had to borrow something of Willow's to wear. However, she is like 5'0 so most of her clothes do not fit me. There was this one dress in t
I rest my hands on my lap as I stare outside the window. Currently, Nayel, Winston, Eddie (our finance manager) and I were on our way to having a meeting with some potential clients. It's actually another law firm that is going under business so they wanted to possibly merge with Jefferson Legal but that wouldn't be beneficial for us but we could buy them out and have them under us. Clark & Co is a Californian-based law firm that opened up a branch in New York a year ago moreover it's not doing so well. Of course with a few budget cuts, it could be potentially saved so we were just going over to meet with the CEO and see if it would be an advantage to us at the end of the day or not.Nayel was driving the car, Eddie was in front. Winston and I were in the back."I went to that Greek restaurant in SoHo that you recommended last night," Winston says and I turn to look at him."Did you like it?" I smile at him.Winston nods, "Yeah the food was marvelous.
It's been a week since we went to Clark & Co and since I ran into Barry. Ever since Nayel has gotten back to his usual grumpy asshole self. I don't know what happened but the nice, friendly, patient at times somewhat flirty guy is gone and I just miss him. It just sucks because I had gotten used to the liking of coming to work and having cordial conversations with the person I see the most at work. He is my boss who's done a full 180 again and is back to his usual shitty self. I just wonder if it was something I did that made him change like this, I can't help thinking I'm always in the wrong. He probably got sick and tired of being nice for a couple of weeks so he had to reboot to his same ass wipe of a person.I'm so glad today is Friday, I can't wait to not have to deal with his tantrums for 2 days. We had a meeting with some clients today to discuss a case that will start next week so I had offered to do a coffee run for the clients as well as for our staff. Dunkin wa
At last, I was finished with all the paperwork and was faxing it to the Clarks. I looked up to see the time on the wall clock and it was 7:48 pm. I hate Nayel so much right now. I cannot put into words how pissed off I am at this very moment. I had never stayed at work this late, the entire building was practically empty, all the lights on our floor were turned off and the only people in the office were me and Nayel himself. I honestly have no idea what he was doing or why he was staying this late but I don't even care. He's the worse person ever I can't believe there was a time in my life where I was actually considering having feelings for this guy, what was fucking wrong with me? He's just an asshole who deserves to die alone.I finish filling the paperwork and was going to walk into Nayel's office to tell him I'm off but that very second he walks out wearing his coat and carrying his briefcase."Was just coming to tell you I've faxed the paperwork to the Clark's ev
I take a seat and nervously play with the hem of my skirt. Nayel wasn't in yet and I was so apprehensive about seeing him. I have been thinking about the kiss and the things he said to me all weekend but part of me doesn't know if I can trust him. If he's going to be back to his usual dick self today pretending like Friday didn't happen or if he actually meant the things he said to me.Soon enough, I see Nayel step out of the elevator. My jaw almost dropped to the floor when I saw him walking towards his office whistling some song. When does Nayel Jafari smile and whistle songs? Who is this man? Our eyes meet and he flashes me an ear-to-ear smile making my heart do cartwheels."Good morning Maria" Nayel chirps stopping by my desk. No one was around us yet still I decided to play it professionally."Morning Mr. Nayel" I smile at him softly."Can you come to see me in my office please?" Nayel grins. I nod and he walks inside the office.I gulp as I g
I check myself out in the mirror, I really had put in an effort today. I'm wearing Short Puff Sleeve, a square neck, Floral Printed Ruched Sundress that has a High Thigh Split, and a drawstring at the front. The dress is white and has pretty blue flowers on it. It fell to my feet. I paired it with my favorite white wedges and some pearl earrings with a pearl necklace.I straightened my hair then curled it to make myself look more classy and even went a little all out with my makeup, doing a small winged liner, some shimmery eye shadow, highlighter, and to top it all of with a red matte lipstick. I bite my lower lip fixing my dress when I hear my phone start buzzing."Hello?" I answer immediately."I am downstairs" Nayel's voice rings in my ear."Alrighty," I say hanging up.Today, Nayel and I are going to Long Island once again to attend the Stanley's 30th wedding anniversary party. They specifically called in and asked for Nayel and me to attend a
I fix the hem of my dress as Nayel knocks on the door, I could hear the party music going on in the backyard."This is sort of like our first official date," Nayel says, staring into my eyes. I smile at him, he was about to say something but the door sprung open by a dolled-up Julie."Well if it isn't my favorite couple" Julie grins at us, she was wearing a red flowy cocktail dress, her hair was in big curls and her eyes were shining in the sun.Nayel and I chuckle, "Happy Anniversary, thank you for having us" I smile giving her a hug then handing her the flowers we got."These are lovely, thank you sweetheart" Julie smiles as she moves to Nayel giving him a quick hug."Please come on in" Julie opens the door wider letting Nayel and I walk right through.....Nayel and I had split up, I was socializing with mostly the women while he saw several familiar faces he knew and Eric of course so they were talking about work stuff as well so